Senior Manufacturing Transformation & Operational Excellence

EY; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 97,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking a Senior in the Supply Chain Manufacturing practice to help clients establish, optimize, and transform manufacturing operations by blending functional knowledge with technology delivery skills.

You will work directly with client stakeholders, plant teams, engineers, operators, IT and OT teams to translate operational needs into deployable capabilities that improve productivity, reliability, quality, and agility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, supply chain, operations, information systems, computer science, business or related field.
• Approximately 2 to 4 years of relevant experience in manufacturing, supply chain, industrial technology, systems implementation, consulting, or related environment.
• Experience working in or with manufacturing operations and ability to explain how technology supports operational processes and business outcomes.
• Experience producing structured delivery artifacts such as process maps, requirements, user stories, functional designs, test scripts, training materials, deployment plans, or status and risk reporting.
• Ability and willingness to work directly with clients and travel to manufacturing sites as required by engagement needs. Travel can range from 80-100%.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with ability to collaborate across business, engineering, IT, OT, and vendor teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead or support client-facing manufacturing transformation workstreams and define clear, executable project deliverables.
• Assess manufacturing processes, pain points, performance gaps, user needs, data flows, and technology constraints across plant environments.
• Translate requirements into functional designs, user stories, process flows, data requirements, integration requirements, acceptance criteria, and implementation plans.
• Configure, prototype, test, or support deployment of digital manufacturing solutions with client teams and vendors.
• Connect plant-floor use cases with ERP, MES/MOM, connected worker platforms, historians, SCADA, quality, maintenance, and analytics solutions.
• Support solution architecture and integration discussions across IT and OT environments.
• Plan and execute functional testing, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, cutover, training, and benefits tracking.
• Facilitate workshops with operators, supervisors, engineers, quality, maintenance, supply chain, IT, and leadership.
• Identify risks, dependencies, decisions, issues; communicate status and recommendations to client and leadership.
• Coordinate tasks for junior team members and contribute to a high-quality delivery environment.
• Support account teams with solution shaping, demonstrations, estimates, proposals, and RFP responses.

Skills

Manufacturing ops

Digital manufacturing platforms

ERP/MES connectivity

Requirements design

Data integration

Implementation delivery

Problem solving

Consulting skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, supply chain, operations, information systems, computer science, business

Job description

EY is seeking a Senior in the Supply Chain Manufacturing practice to help clients establish, optimize, and transform manufacturing operations by blending functional knowledge with technology delivery skills.

You will work directly with client stakeholders, plant teams, engineers, operators, IT and OT teams to translate operational needs into deployable capabilities that improve productivity, reliability, quality, and agility.